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*DEATH STAGE #7*
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-‘skeletonization’ refers to the final stage of ‘decomposition’, during which the last vestiges of the ‘soft tissues’ of a [‘corpse’ / ‘carcass’] have [‘decayed’ / ‘dried’] to the point that the ‘skeleton’ is ‘exposed’-
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(by the end of the ‘skeletonization process’, all ‘soft tissue’ will have been eliminated, leaving only ‘dis-articulated bones’)
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(in a ‘temperate climate’, it usually requires ‘3 weeks’ to ‘several years’ for a body to completely decompose into a ‘skeleton’, depending on factors such as…)
*temperature*
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*humidity*
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*presence of insects’*
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*’submergence’ in a ‘sub-strate’*
(such as ‘water’)
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(in ‘tropical climates’, ‘skeletonization’ can occur in ‘weeks’)
(in ‘tundra areas’, ‘skeletonization’ may take ‘years’ or may never occur (if ‘sub-zero temperatures’ persist)
(‘natural embalming processes’ in ‘peat bogs’ or ‘salt deserts’ can delay the process indefinitely, sometimes resulting in ‘natural mummification’)
(the rate of ‘skeletonization’ and the present condition of a ‘corpse’ or ‘carcass’ can be used to determine the ‘time of death’)
(after ‘skeletonization’, if scavenging animals do not destroy or remove the bones, acids in many fertile soils take about 20 years to completely dissolve the skeleton of mid- to large-size mammals, such as humans, leaving no trace of the organism)
(in neutral-pH soil or sand, the skeleton can persist for hundreds of years before it finally disintegrates)
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(alternately (especially in very ‘fine’ / ‘dry’ / ‘salty’ / ‘anoxic’ / ‘mildly alkaline’) soils, ‘bones’ may undergo ‘fossilization’, converting into ‘minerals’ that may persist indefinitely)
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*👨🔬🕵️♀️🙇♀️*SKETCHES*🙇♂️👩🔬🕵️♂️*
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👈👈👈 ☜ *“DE-COMPOSITION” (STAGE #6)*
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*“FOSSILIZATION” (STAGE #8)* ☞ 👉👉👉
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👈👈👈☜*THE 8 ‘STAGES’ OF ‘DEATH’* ☞ 👉👉👉
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*🌈✨ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* ✨🌷*
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥